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Poll worker Carol Louthan helps voters submit ballots at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Update: Bjorkman, Ruffridge, Elam and Vance lead in election night results

Several residents said that they came out to vote because they knew this election was “a big one.”

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Xochitl Harbison (left) and Jenna Gerrety (right) trim bowls in the Homer Council on the Arts studio<ins> in Homer, Alaska,</ins> on Friday, Oct. 25<ins>, 2024,</ins> in preparation for the Empty Bowl fundraiser.

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Empty Bowls fundraiser for Homer Community Food Pantry returns

Homer’s eighth annual Empty Bowl fundraiser for the Homer Community Food Pantry will take place on Nov. 8…

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Family planning clinic to offer teen sex education workshops

Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic will offer free Kenai Peninsula Borough School District-approved sexual health education courses in…

South Peninsula Haven House Executive Director Lindsey Collins attends the Community Resource Connect event in January 2024 at the SPARC in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Britt Huffman

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Haven House appoints new executive director

Lindsey Collins has served as interim director since April

Fair goers browse the 2022 Rotary Health Fair.  Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital.

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The 2024 Rotary health fair returns at a new location

The 41st annual Rotary Health Fair will take place on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m-1 p.m. This…

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Homer rotary supports Anchor Point Food Pantry

The funds will be dedicated to the pantry’s children’s program

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Homer reviews growth scenarios at community work session

The work session was hosted by comprehensive plan rewrite project leaders last Tuesday

State House District 6 candidates Rep. Sarah Vance, Dawson Slaughter and Brent Johnson participate in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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House District 6 candidates talk finance, schooling, fisheries

Candidates met Tuesday at the Homer Public Library for a forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI…

The Homer News sign hangs on the outside of the newspaper’s former office building on Landings Street on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Looking back on Landings Street

As Homer News moves to a new building, former and current employees reflect on changes

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Homer OPUS conducts 3rd annual Halloween concert

A free community concert will take place on Sunday

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Still shot from Michael Walsh’s film mix of Night of the Living Dead. The piece will show at the Bunnell Film Jam on Saturday, Oct. 26<ins>, 2024,</ins> at 8 p.m.<ins> in Homer, Alaska.</ins>

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Film Jam returns

Film Jam returns to Bunnell Street Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.

Parents and supporters of Aurora Borealis Charter School fill the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Charter Oversight Committee in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Aurora Borealis Charter School renewal application advanced

They will next be heard during a Nov. 4 work session of the school board

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Planning commission postpones decision on revised Doyon application

The commission held a special meeting on Oct. 16 on the revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment